West African Proverbs Part 2 – Proverbs from around West Africa, including Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, Benin, Burkina Farso, Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania … Use the page links at the bottom to navigate.
Cameroonian Proverbs
- However black a cow is, the milk is always white.
Community/language of origin: Bamenda
Country: Cameroon - If money were to be found up in the trees, most people would be married to monkeys.
Community/language of origin: Unknown
Country: Cameroonian - It is better to build children than to repair men.
Community/language of origin: Bamenda region
Country: Cameroon - Fortune comes only to those who cannot exploit it.
Community/language of origin: Limbo/N.W. Cameroon
Country: Cameroon - A goat grazes where it has been tithered.
Community/language of origin: Yaounde region
Country: Cameroon - Lying can get you a wife, but it won’t keep her.
Community/language of origin: Unknown
Country: Cameroon - Rain does not fall on one roof alone.
Community/language of origin: Unknown
Country: Cameroon - By trying often, a monkey learns how to jump off a tree.
Community/language of origin: Unknown
Country: Cameroon - Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves.
Community/language of origin: Unknown
Country: Cameroon - A father who hides his secrets from his son exposes him to his enemies.
Community/language of origin: Unknown
Country: Cameroon
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